We have equity method investments in entities that own properties for which we provide management services and receive fees. In addition, in some cases we provide loans, preferred equity, or guarantees to these entities.

The following table presents Income Statement data resulting from transactions with these related parties. This table does not include our Financial Statement captions with insignificant related party activity.


($ in millions)	2020		2019		2018




Cost reimbursement revenue	$	107	$	233	$	332


Reimbursed expenses	(110)		(236)		(337)



Equity in (losses) earnings	(141)		13		103

The following tables present summarized financial information for the entities in which we have equity method investments:


($ in millions)	2020		2019		2018
Sales	$	259	$	815	$	932
Net (loss) income	(212)		80		221


($ in millions)	At Year-End 2020		At Year-End 2019
Assets (primarily composed of hotel real estate managed by us)	$	2,348	$	2,555
Liabilities	1,623		1,691

The carrying amount of our equity method investments was $422 million at year-end 2020 and $577 million at year-end 2019. This value exceeded our share of the book value of the investees’ net assets by $294 million at year-end 2020 and $311 million at year-end 2019, primarily due to the value that we assigned to land, contracts, and buildings owned by the investees.

In 2020, we recorded impairment charges totaling $77 million in the “Equity in (losses) earnings” caption of our Income Statements to reduce the carrying amount of certain investments, primarily due to the impact of COVID-19, most of which we recorded in our U.S. & Canada business segment.

We received management fees of approximately $3 million in 2020, $12 million in 2019, and $13 million in 2018, plus reimbursement of certain expenses, from our operation of properties owned by JWM Family Enterprises, L.P., which is beneficially owned and controlled by J.W. Marriott, Jr., Deborah Marriott Harrison, and other members of the Marriott family.